THE best and worst eateries in a Merseyside borough were named and shamed today.

They include a popular Chinese restaurant and a charity-run canteen.

Knowsley Council teamed up with restaurant rating website Scores on the Doors.

It gives venues ratings from zero to five stars. A total of 28 eating establishments were given the highest “excellent” score.

More than 20 restaurants, pubs and cafes got no stars, which means “major improvement is needed”.

They included Millbrook Manor Chinese restaurant and the canteen at the Knowsley START training centre.

Assessors said they had “little” confidence in the management at Millbrook Manor, on Knowsley Lane in Knowsley Village.

That means they have “poor appreciation of hazards and control measures” and “no food safety management system”.

It also was rated “poor” in the “compliance with hygiene” and “structural compliance” categories.

There was also little confidence in mangers at the START canteen, which feeds young adults on training courses at the centre.

But they were rated “bad” at complying with hygiene meaning they “generally fail” to meet obligations and standards are “generally low”.

Among the highest rated was Domino’s Pizza on Derby Road, Huyton, which scored the best possible scores.

Knowsley launched the site to coincide with National Food Safety Week.

The borough’s cabinet member for corporate and customer services, Cllr Ken Keith, said: “The ‘Scores on the Doors’ scheme will be really helpful for people to decide where to eat and buy their food because they can now see how premises are performing on food hygiene.”

The cafe at the National Wildflower Centre, on Roby Road, Roby, was also given no stars. Assessors said it too had poor compliance and that they have little confidence in the management there.

But bosses at the award-winning venue have appealed their score. They told the ECHO they have complied with any recommendations.